Name: Kai-An
Advisor: I do not yet have one.
Date: 10/19/10
Rank working toward: Adept rank
Integrative Practice Hours
Current Activities:
| Activity 1: | Aikido | 10-16 hours per month |
| Activity 2: | TRS Archivist | 4 hours per month |
| Activity 3: | Books/DVDS | 2-5 hours per month |
Practice Hours Already Earned:
Fencing, Epee, E05
TRS Archivist: 50+ hours
Taught Meditation 101 for a quarter and a half at moodle, before my life grew too busy (college application time) and I was forced to discontinue.
Institute for Jedi Realist Study Courses
| Courses | Completion Date |
| Force 101 | Autumn 2010 |
| Meditation 101 | Autumn 2010 |
| Personal 101 | Winter 2011 |
| Communication 101 | Winter 2011 |
| Warrior 101 | Spring 2011 |
| Situational Awareness 101 | Spring 2011 |
I have already taken several of these classes as they existed on the moodle site: I do not know how much of this transfers, but I took: Adept 101, Creed 101, Communication 101, Essentials 101, and Meditation 101. Just because I took these doesn’t mean that I do not want to retake them in their newer forms as review and a way to get back into things. I will revise my projected schedule depending on which if any of these classes count. 
I may also revise this depending on how long each of these classes are and take three at a time instead of two. I don’t want to overload myself accidentally and have to cut back.
Additional Goals:
I would like to try to take the CPR class offered at my university this year in either winter or spring, and be certified thusly, but it depends on my class schedule not conflicting. If this does not happen this year, it will happen next year.
I would like to start meditating frequently and increase my ability to visualize and manipulate energy. I would also like to hone my empathic skills in my everyday life as well.
I would like to finish my third year of college with good grades, and finish my core curriculum.
Obstacles to Training: The reason I have often had to take a break from training is that it is much more fun than homework, and therefore incredibly distracting when I have the desire to procrastinate, and thus interferes with my school work, which is unacceptable. Similarly, when I am swamped with work, stressed, or tired, I find it hard to motivate myself to get back to training or make time in my schedule. I want to try to keep the two balanced from now on. I feel like I have matured enough to be able to do this effectively this year. I had to do so tonight while writing a paper actually, and was pretty successful. The other obstacle to training is winter. Being the thin-blooded Californian I am, I tend to go into hibernation mode when Chicago winter hits. I do not want winter to hinder either my Aikido or Jedi training. I need to take extra care that I don’t give in to inertia Winter quarter and exert the minimum of energy, but keep pushing myself. I feel like these are largely obstacles I can and need to handle on my own, but having an advisor not only check in with me time to time, as a reminder to neglect neither my schoolwork nor my training, and to provide copious feedback on my homework and journaling would be a great help.
Much love,
Kai-An
Greetings!
I leave the ‘approval’ of PLPs to Jedi Phoenix and Jax and company but.. this week I sort of ‘took over temporarily’ the Force 101 course since I am already 3 weeks into teaching a husband/wife pairing.
Since you have done much 101 level work at another site, I would say, look over the Meditation and Force courses to see if there is ANYTHING that different, etc. Unless there is a chapter or topic you wish to explore I bet you will get a — go ahead and read through them and if there is nothing different then what you did… just let Jax know. Now, if you had tons different… or more indepth, let us know too…. we really like constructive input too!
I had to smile… the pair I am teaching just took their second lesson in fencing.. so, sounds like you might be sharing notes on fencing and epee.
Before we start Force 101…. I do ask if you can send me an email sort of giving me a better idea of where you are in any studies of energy work / energy sensing and/or magick work. Wiccan, reiki, enochian, empathic flashes or better then average ‘gut feelings’… it all helps me to gauge where you are and how best I can help guide you.
Again, welcome and hope this is a fun time exploring for you.
Kol
Thanks Kol, going over the courses to see what is different sounds like a good plan. Review is all well and good, but I’m not sure I want to completely repeat several classes.
And I’d love to share some fencing notes, I really love epee.
One, do I have to wait to get approval on my PLP to see the classes, or can I just email the instructors in order to be able to download them?
Two, I would love to email you, but I don’t see your email on the site or here. Can you send me your email, or should I PM you the information?
Thanks,
Kai-An
I added you to Force and Meditation. Meditation should be different, but the beginning is pretty basic so feel free to work through the first few lesson exercises quickly if they are too easy.
Then let me know when you’re reading for more courses and I’ll add them. Sorry this is short, I’m way behind on grading and unpacking.
Thanks Jax! I’ll let you know. Good luck with unpacking and things! Moving can be such a hassle.
Much love,
Kai-An